þing
Old Norse
/ˈθɪŋɡ/
noun
Definitions
- thing, a regional parliament of nearby clans, traditionally headed by an elected jarl
- a multi-regional parliament, with representatives from several þing
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þingą (meeting, matter, appointment).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þingą
Gloss
meeting, matter, appointment
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anything English
- everything English
- husting English
- manthing English
- nonthing English
- nothing English
- plaything English
- something English
- thing English
- thingal English
- thinger English
- thinghood English
- thingie English
- thingification English
- thingify English
- thinginess English
- thingish English
- thinglet English
- thinglike English
- thingly English
- thingness English
- thingo English
- thingy English
- underthing English
- werething English
- tinka Finnish
- tinki Finnish
- тинг Russian
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- Stortinget Norwegian Bokmål
- ingenting Norwegian Bokmål
- småting Norwegian Bokmål
- ting Norwegian Bokmål
- *þingą Proto-Germanic
- ting Swedish
- Stortinget Norwegian Nynorsk
- ingenting Norwegian Nynorsk
- småting Norwegian Nynorsk
- ting Norwegian Nynorsk
- ciricþing Old English
- þing Old English
- þyncþ Old English
- thing Middle English
- thyng Middle English
- atfararþing Old Norse
- atfǫr Old Norse
- Folketinget Danish
- biting Danish
- mellemting Danish
- ting Danish
- tingslig Danish
- löggjafarþing Icelandic
- þing Icelandic
- þingforseti Icelandic
- þingkona Icelandic
- þingmaður Icelandic
- ding Old High German
- thing Old High German
- løgting Faroese
- ting Faroese
- tingakrossur Faroese
- tingfundur Faroese
- thing Old Dutch
- thing Old Saxon
- diggi Northern Sami
- þing Old Swedish
- ting Westrobothnian
- tingeli Westrobothnian
- þing Old Danish
- ting Nigerian Pidgin